Tire-display holder



w. I. BLOCK 1,735,372

Nov. 12, 1929.

\ TIRE DISPLAY HOLDER Filed May 11, 1928 INVENTOR ATTORNEUY Patented Nov. 12, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WILLIAM I. BLOCK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,

ASSIGNOR T0 AMERICAN CAN COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. 'Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY TIRE-DISPLAY HOLDER Application filed May 11, I

and preferably also easily disassembled for packing and shipping. 11 tire display holder should be neat in appearance and attractive and pleasing to theeye of a prospective cus tomer. It should also provide a sufficiently large panel for advertising the particular brand of tire to be supported and displayed and should be designed to securely and effectively hold a tire in proper position for display. The supporting parts should be interchangeable and adapted to be used in connection with a number of different display panels. All the parts should be light in weight and yet strong and durable.

My invention combines all these desirable features and advantages and many others and contributes therefore a decided improvement in this art. c

Numerous other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent as it is better understood from the following description,

I which, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, discloses a preferred embodiment thereof. I

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the wire I tire holder and sheet metal display panel,

fully assembled and ready to receive and hold a tire shoe for display;

Fig. 2 is a fragmental detail view showing one of the wire supportslremoved from the end of the panel, and

Fig. 3 is anend View of the wire tire holder showing the device in use with a tire shoe in position, and partiallyin' cross section.

To illustrate my invention, I have shown on the drawings, a preferred embodiment thereof which comprises in general a sheet metal display panel orplate 1.1 of substantial 1928. Serial no. 277,049.

ly rectangular shape having a two-piece wire support 12 detachably connected therewith at each end thereof. When fully assembled the panel 11 and the pair of wire supports 12 are adapted to hold and support an automobile tire or shoe'13.

The two wire supports 12 are identical in construction; hence a description of one of them will suffice. Each wire support 12 compr ses two members pivotally connected together, that is, a front wire member 14 which is connected with and holds the sheet metal panel 11 in proper position, and a rear wire member 15 which has parts wrapped around and hinges on a pivot provided by the front 'member 14.

The front wire'member 14 consists of a onepiece wire of heavy gauge and strong enough to support a heavy tire without bending under its weight. I This piece of wire is twisted about midway its length to form a transverse pivot 16 which divides the wire into two end sections. One of these end sections is bent transversely of the pivot 16 and is curved to form an upwardly extending semi-elliptical half jaw 17, which in turn is bent at 18 to form a transverse connecting pin 19. The other end section of the front wire member 14 is bent in a slanting, downward direction to form a substantially straight supporting leg 20, which, adjacent its extremity, is bent transversely substantially at right angles to the leg 20to form a connecting pin 21 corresponding in length and axial direction to thepin 19. The pins 19 and 21 are arranged in the plane of the panel as will be presently more fully described.

The rear wire member 15 is also made of one piece of wire and of the same stock as the front wire member 14. It consists of a straight center part 22 which is bent at its upper end into a loop 23. The loop 23 in turn merges into a downwardly extending semi-elliptical half jaw 24. The metal of the jaw 24 is wrapped at its lower extremity around the pivot 16 to form a hinge member 25 of hook formation. The lower end of the straight central part 22 is bentinto a loop to form asupporting foot 26, and the latter in turn i-iaerges into a substantially straight,

upwardly slanting supporting leg 27 whose upper extremity is wrapped around the pivot 16 inwardly of the hinge members to form a second hinge member 28 of hook formation.

The display panel .11 ismade from-a rectangular piece of sheet metal. Two opposite sides of the rectangular panel 11, preferably tlie lOng OilllOl'iZODtiil sides, are roundcdby 1 having the marginaledges turnedinwardly to form hollow beads or curls 80, which are adapted to receive the wire pins l9-and 21 of the front wire members .14 ofthe wire supports 12 when the panel '11 and the wire support-s12. are. assembled.

It is conceivable and it is within the purview of my invention that the marginal metal of the short sides may beflanged inwardly to form .hollow beads similar to the hollow 20 beads of the long sides inwhich case'the formation'of the connecting vpins 19 and 21 of the front wire members l ljinay be slightly changedtomalre theinfit within the hollow beads of the short sides.

The front surface oflthepa-nel '11 .is flat and smooth andzmaylbe lacquered, painted or lithographed inattractivecolors andlet- "tering to advertise the name and qualities ofthe tire ondisplay.

The panel 11, when assembled With the wire supports12,.ordinarilyassumes a more nor vless backwar'dly slanting position, as shown inIFigni-e ;l. It-will be readily seen that the panel .11 and .thegpair-of wire supports 12. are .easilyiand quickly assembled by merely inserting thepins 19:and21 of the frontmembers datinto the hollow'bea'ds'30 4 of-the;panel.11. These wire supports-12. are just .as easily detached fromhthe panel .11 and maybe packed and shipped separately and used in'connection with otherpanels of identical construction. The :pins, 19. and 21 are so spacedand.arranged thatthey enter readily into theopen endslofthebeads 30 a v of the panel, thenatu-ralresilience ofthe wire facilitating thisinsertion.

Ret'erring nowto Fig. 3, the tire or shoe 13 isshown supported by the semi-elliptical ljawslli and 24. The shoe l3'i's substantially ellipticalin: cross sectiomas is. the case inall tire shoes. The weightuofathe:shoetendslto press against the pivot. connection 16 of the front and rear members, This will spread the legrmembers 20 and 27,.and at the same t-li1-l-tll aw 'members l7 ,and, 24 are contracted so-as to "tightly grip the tire shoe aroundits substantially elliptical outerfface oi' periphery and to hold it securely in upright; position.

of its attendantadvantages will be under stood from; the foregoing description, and it will beapparenttlrat various changes may be madeiin theform, construction and arrangement of the parts without departing his thought that the invention andmany tosaidipanel, each of said.holdersrcoinpris- .ing-two wire members bent around each other and forming a pivot and a bearing therefor,

whereby said wire members are pivotally connected together 2. In a tire display holder, in combination,

.a sheet metal display panel and a pair of opposed wire holders detachably assembled to said panel, each of said holders comprising two wiremembers bent around each other and forming a pivot and a bearing therefor,

whereby said wiremembers are pivotally con- .nected together, one of said members being immovablerelative to said panel.

3. In a tire display holder, in combination, a sheetmetal -displaypanel and a pair of opposed wire holders idetachably assembled to said panel, each of Sfl-lClllOlClGlS comprising a-{front wire member and a rear wire member bent around and pivotally connected with saidfront wire member the lat-terbein immovable, relative to said panel.

4. 111 a'tire display holder, in combination,

sheetmetal display panel having two oppositeside edges, formed intohollowbeads, and

,a pair of opposed wire holders detachably assembled with said hollow beads, each of said holders vcomprising two wire members p'ivotally. connecte'd'together.

5. 'In'a tire display holder, in combination, a sheet metal display panel having two. opposite side edges'formed into hollow beads, and

epair-of opposed wireholders detachably assembled with said hollow beads, each of said holders comprising two wire members pivotally connected together, one of said wire members beingimmovable relative to said 5 panel.

6. Ina tire display holder, in combination,

a rectangular sheet metal display panel having its long side edges formed into hollow beads, anda pair of opposed wireholders ,detachablyasseinbletl with said hollow beads, each of :said holders comprising 'two wire members pivotally connected together.

'7. In a tire display holder, in combination,

va sheet metaldisplay panelhaving two opposite side etlgesjformedinto hollow beads and a pair of opposed wireholders, eachof said holders comprising two wire memberspivotally'connected together and bent to the general contourofthezface of'the tire tobe sup- ..porte'd.andrdisplayed,one, of said members being Qhingedly wrapped around the other, the. latter havingiends adapted. to engage with said hollow beads.

8. In a tire display holder, in combination,

tire in position.

WILLIAM I. BLOCK. 

